ST. GEORGE (AP) — Officials say a body believed to be that of a clammer who disappeared during last week’s blizzard has been found. The Maine Marine Patrol said 35-year-old Paul Benner went missing after he headed out Thursday at the end of the storm to make some extra money clamming. The search by air […]

PORTLAND (AP) — Portland, Maine, officials say an October rainstorm that helped the area recover from a drought also contributed to millions of gallons of raw sewage and stormwater flowing into the Casco Bay. Close to 69 million gallons of polluted runoff flowed into waterways during the 2016 storm Oct. 21 and 22. The runoff […]

PORTLAND (AP) — Maine’s top election official vowed Monday to continue his legal fight for records from the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity on which he served. A judge previously ruled that Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap, a Democrat, was entitled to the documents, but the commission rejected his request after President Donald […]

PORTLAND (AP) — Police in Portland, Maine, are investigating a death they say is suspicious. Police say the body was discovered on Sunday night in a house in the Riverton section of the city. They had blocked off the street where the body was found by Monday morning. The State Medical Examiner’s Office is expected […]

PORTLAND (AP) — Maine’s governor still hasn’t approved new rules that allow pharmacists to dispense the overdose antidote naloxone without a prescription, despite regulators approving the policy five months ago. A spokeswoman for Republican Gov. Paul LePage said Friday that the rules are still in the governor’s office. She did not provide a reason for […]

MOUNT DESERT ISLAND — Icy conditions apparently led to a crash on Route 102 in Mount Desert that killed one man and injured another on Sunday, police said Monday. Christopher R. Colman of Saco died at the scene near the Southwest Harbor town line, with a LifeFlight helicopter standing by after the crash was reported […]